PFI Workshops

ThePinkerton Fellowship Initiative (PFI) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice hosts occasional workshops for practitioners and decision-makers affiliated with agencies involved in the PFI.

Workshops are designed to provide participants with essential skills and knowledge for understanding the role of evaluation research in shaping youth justice programs in New York City.

Youth justice agencies are expected to become more evidence oriented, and there is a greater need for high-quality data and rigorous evaluation methods to establish the effectiveness of service providers. Yet, there is a chronic shortage of funding and expertise for external evaluation research.

To support the ability of New York City youth agencies to develop their own evidence base, the Pinkerton Fellowship Initiative is working with agencies on the basic building blocks of evidence. The workshops are part of this mission.